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The 610 Stompers perform in the Krewe of Thoth parade on Magazine Street in 2020. No parades will be gracing Magazine Street in the Mardi Gras season that begins Wednesday, but the Uptown corridor will still have a place of honor during Carnival 2021. Magazine Street will be the only place to purchase merchandise for the Krewe of Red Beans‘ “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” project, the krewe announced. “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” is an effort to get the laid-off Mardi Gras artists back to wo...

“The Night Tripper” at 1834 Toledano St. The first of the “house floats” that will be dotting our urban landscape this Carnival season has already made an appearance Uptown. Sponsored by the Krewe of Red Beans and called “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist,” the idea is to put those out-of-work artists — usually frantically designing and painting floats this time of year — back to work. With parades canceled, many Mardi Gras float artists found themselves suddenly unemployed. One of those...

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Love in the time of Mardi Gras and a coronavirus pandemic. Demian and Angela Estevez kiss through their masks while hanging out on their front porch decked out like a Mardi Gras float on Wednesday in New Orleans. And, like any self-respecting float, this house also has a title, which is The Night Tripper. Because the coronavirus pandemic is causing widespread unemployment for Mardi Gras float painters and makers and designers, the Krewe of Red Beans started an initiative to put these artisans t...

Orchard Road is one of the to-go places during the year-end period for the Christmas lights, shopping and dining out with friends. If you are heading to Orchard Road, this is an update of DFD’s previous entry of ”10 NEW Cafes At Orchard Road”, featuring more of the relatively new names of brunch places, cafes and dessert shops on the shopping belt. For convenience, I listed them in order of direction from Tanglin Road to Somerset area. Pano Kato Tel: +65 6235 5056 Grill, Pizza and Deli a...

Krewe of Red Beans Announces Its “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” Initiative The Krewe of Red Beans have announced their plans to launch the “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” initiative. The project is endorsed by Krewe du Vieux and the Krewe of Chewbacchus – as well as Rouses Markets, NOLA Craft Culture, and Merchant House. The goal is to create jobs, especially for the recently laid-off float builders and artisans. Because the City of New Orleans has cancelled all parades, these artists, carpen...

Like pizza. ill eat them cold, too. >> anthony: right. >> david: save two and have them for dinner. >> anthony: and mandu. smaller, with thinner dumpling skins, served with red chili paste. >> david: those are the dessert ones. those got red bean in it. >> anthony: oh, god. wow. oh, these are delicious. these are just, like, so huge. >> david: go for it. >> anthony: so, would this be classically post-drinking food or pre-drinking food? [ laughter ] lay down a base of absorbent material? >> david...

Thats nearly the size of your head. >> david: yeah, you know, its like pizza. ill eat them cold, too. >> anthony: right. >> david: save two and have them for dinner. >> anthony: and mandu. smaller, with thinner dumpling skins, served with red chili paste. >> david: those are the dessert ones. those got red bean in it. >> anthony: oh, god. wow. oh, these are delicious. >> david: those are the dessert ones. those got red bean in it. >> anthony: oh, god. wow. oh, these are delicious. these are just...

>> anthony: oh, excellent. so greens -- >> willie simmons: turnip greens. >> anthony: ill have some of that for sure. is that fried okra there? ill have a little of that. i might need more than one plate at this rate. uh, let me get some mac n cheese. whats that, lima beans? the red bean, oh man, that looks kinda good too. yeah, a little bit of that. neck bones floating around somewhere? >> woman: they are, theyre right here. >> anthony: okay, yeah ill have some of those. little rice and gravy...

That for sure. is that fried okra there? ill have a little of that. i might need more than one plate at this rate. uh, let me get some mac n cheese. whats that, lima beans? the red bean, oh man, that looks kinda good too. yeah, a little bit of that. neck bones floating around somewhere? >> woman: they are, theyre right here. >> anthony: okay, yeah ill have some of those. little rice and gravy on there, yeah thanks. and uh, oh i dunno, a piece of fried chicken there, if you got a thigh that would...